38-10,128 Nail technician or instructor; licensure by examination; requirements. - Nebraska Statutes

38-10,128. Nail technician or instructor; licensure by examination; requirements.In order to be licensed as a nail technician or nail technology instructor by examination, an individual shall meet, and present to the department evidence of meeting, the following requirements:(1) He or she has attained the age of seventeen years on or before the beginning date of the examination for which application is being made; (2) He or she has completed formal education equivalent to a United States high school education; (3) He or she possesses sufficient ability to read the English language to permit the applicant to practice in a safe manner, as evidenced by successful completion of the written examination; and(4) He or she has graduated from a school of cosmetology or nail technology school providing a nail technology program. Evidence of graduation shall include documentation of the total number of hours of training earned and a diploma or certificate from the school to the effect that the applicant has complied with the following:(a) For licensure as a nail technician, the program of studies shall consist of a minimum of not less than one hundred fifty hours and not more than three hundred hours, as set by the board; and(b) For licensure as a nail technology instructor, the program of studies shall consist of a minimum of not less than one hundred fifty hours and not more than three hundred hours, as set by the board, beyond the program of studies required for licensure as a nail technician and the individual shall be currently licensed as a nail technician in Nebraska as evidenced by possession of a valid Nebraska nail technician license.The department shall grant a license in the appropriate category to any person meeting the requirements specified in this section. SourceLaws 1999, LB 68, § 31; R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3,183; Laws 2007, LB463, § 390. Cross ReferencesUniform Credentialing Act, see section 38-101.